Posted by Larry Hoover on January 14, 2008, at 12:34:01
In reply to CNS research Deplin Link » SLS, posted by star008 on January 14, 2008, at 8:01:22
> http://www.cnsspectrums.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=1267
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> check out this article.. the fda classifies dephlin as neither a drug or a supplement.. so according to them we are both wrongAhhh. Thanks for the link. With it, I was finally able to find an FDA document on the subject. For some reason, keyword searches using 'medical food' on the FDA website had failed to get any hits.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/medfguid.html
The key item in this document, IMHO, is #7. It appears that a manufacturer is free to declare a substance a medical food, without FDA approval being required, provided it meets the criteria in item 2. If that medical food is patented, that effectively restricts the market.
Lar
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